Vehicle control apparatus and method

A suspension adjustment apparatus 11 for controlling the suspension height of a vehicle and a method of operating a suspension adjustment apparatus 11. The suspension adjustment apparatus 11 includes a levelling valve 12 and at least one suspension actuator 14. An output value associated with the le...

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Hauptverfasser:	James Stephen Crawley, Thomas Hobbs
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT TRANSPORTING VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A suspension adjustment apparatus 11 for controlling the suspension height of a vehicle and a method of operating a suspension adjustment apparatus 11. The suspension adjustment apparatus 11 includes a levelling valve 12 and at least one suspension actuator 14. An output value associated with the levelling valve 12 is used to determine whether the suspension height of the vehicle exceeds a threshold height. If the suspension height of the vehicle exceeds the threshold height, a response is triggered, wherein the response includes operating an indicator 22 to provide a warning indication to a user. Optionally, the vehicle comprises a brake system wherein the response includes controlling the brake system to apply one or more of the brakes.